DVD Video, Cilea (composer)
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Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden
Anja Harteros (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo)
Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato
The playing of the Badische Staatskapelle is decent – with excellent contributions from a busy principal cellist – and Marco Armiliato keeps everything ticking along well…there’s enough quality... —
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Francesco Cilea: Gloria
Ramaz Chikviladze, Anastasia Bartoli, Franco Vassallo, Carlo Ventre, Alessandro Abis, Elena Schirru, Alessandro Frabotta, Giovanni Andreoli, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Lirico Di Cagliari, Antonio Albanese, Francesco Cilluffo
The score glows with colour and atmosphere – Puccini is the obvious comparison, though some of the orchestral writing is reminiscent of the young Korngold. In any case, Cilluffo is an expert... —
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Francesco Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
María José Siri (Adriana Lecouvreur), Ksenia Dudnikova (Princess de Bouillon), Martin Muehle (Maurizio), Paolo Antognetti (Abbe de Chazeuil), Alessandro Spina (Prince de Bouillon), Nicola Alaimo (Michonnet), Orchestra E Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Frederic Wake-Walker
Daniel Harding
The playing is admirably sensuous: Cilea knew his Wagner and Debussy, and Harding pointedly emphasises the debts, while also giving us plenty of Italianate passion and lyricism. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Luciano Pavarotti: The 1984 Bari Recital
Formerly known as A Pavarotti Valentine
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Leone Magiera (piano)
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Renata Tebaldi: A Portrait
Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Jussi Björling (Rodolfo), Eugene Tobin (Cavaradossi), George London (Scarpia), Sung by Louis Quilico, Louis Quilico (Michele), Ermanno Mauro, Lillian Sukis (Young Lovers), Louis Quilico (Scarpia)
CBC Festival Orchestra, Ernesto Barbini
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Dinara Alieva in Moscow
Dinara Alieva (soprano)
Masters of Choral Singing & Russian National Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
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Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
Montserrat Caballé (Adriana), Fiorenza Cossotto (La Principessa de Bouillon), José Carreras (Maurizio)
NHK Symphony Orchestra, Gianfranco Masini
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Great Stars of Opera Vol. 2
Birgit Nilsson (1963), George London (1962), Franco Corelli & Lisa Della Casa (1962), Renata Tebaldi (1961), Giuseppe Di Stefano & Teresa Stratas (1963), Regina Resnik & Robert Merrill (1965), Nicolai Gedda & Giorgio Tozzi (1959), Phyllis Curtin, Nicolai Gedda & Theodor Uppman,...
